# Top 20 Digital Media Angel Investors in Spain in June 2026 ## Pablo Martin Rodriguez - Type: Angel - Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Digital Media, Travel, Content Pablo Martín is the founder and president of Izertis, a Spanish technology consultancy with presence in 15 countries. Active investor in initial stages of startups, has more than 50 investments through Izertis Ventures among which Kautio, Ludo Studios, Kolecta, Shipper, We Doctor, Genialy, Fotolog, NessMeeting, Alantis Capital, Wedoctor GlobalCare, Civigner, Ba Lean Investment, Genial.Ly, Wehey Social Messaging, Capptains Ventures, Kaizen Ventures, Kolecta, Prestatum, Stampy Mobile Marketing, Mizzono, Chronobook, Blatheride, Ask Me, Tucycle Bike Sharing, Cecias Consulting Gaming and Apps To Enjoy. ## Juan Knuth - Type: Angel - Location: Sant Cugat Del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Digital Media Juan Knuth ## David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce David Carrero Fernandez-Baillo is the Co-founder and VP Sales at Stackscale. ## David Tomás - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software David Tomas is General Manager Cyberclick, group of companies specializing in online advertising and marketing, based in Barcelona, Madrid and Bogota, and awarded in December 2013 as Third Best Workplaces in Spain.He has over 15 years of experience in the online world. He is an engineer and completed a program of Entrepreneurship at MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2012 he was named one of the 20 most influential entrepreneurs in Spain, under 40 years, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 and IESE.From Cyberclick, has developed a range of online advertising campaigns: web advertising, email marketing, mobile marketing, coregistros, etc. The objective of this group of companies is to improve the conversion of client campaigns. Specialize in online lead generation through search marketing actions. Only generate quality leads, create and manage mobile campaigns, inbound and email marketing, optimizing the cost of finding customers through online advertising. And also generate databases through coregistros. Cyberclick currently works for both Spanish and international companies from different sectors: education, NGOs, distance selling, or B2B e-commerce, among others.Likewise, David Tomas is a member of the board of Adigital, Spanish Association of Digital Economy, and the Board of Entrepreneurs Organization and actively participates in Founders Institute and SeedRocket, reference initiative in Spain for entrepreneurs with technology-based projects. In the latter, he has mentored projects like Deporvillage, Habitissimo, Captio and Social & Loyal, among others. He has spoken at various events and teaches marketing and ICEMD EADA. ## Gwynne Shotwell - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Family, Children, Training As President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is responsible for day-to-day operations and for managing all customer and strategic relations to support company growth. She joined SpaceX in 2002 as Vice President of Business Development and built the Falcon vehicle family manifest to nearly 50 launches, representing nearly $5 billion in revenue.Shotwell is a member of the SpaceX Board of Directors.Prior to joining SpaceX, Shotwell spent more than 10 years at the Aerospace Corporation. There she held positions in Space Systems Engineering & Technology as well as Project Management. She was promoted to the role of Chief Engineer of an MLV-class satellite program, managed a landmark study for the Federal Aviation Administration on commercial space transportation, and completed an extensive analysis of space policy for NASA's future investment in space transportation.Shotwell was subsequently recruited to be Director of Microcosm's Space Systems Division, where she served on the executive committee and directed corporate business development.Shotwell also served as a Chair of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Space Systems Technical Committee, and in 2013, was elected to AIAA's honorable grade of Fellow.Shotwell participates in a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)-related programs, including the Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Competition. Under her leadership the committee raised more than $350,000 in scholarships in six years.Shotwell was named winner of the 2011 World Technology Award for Individual Achievement in Space, and in June 2012 she was inducted into the Women In Technology International Hall of Fame. She is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Space Security.Shotwell received, with honors, her bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, and currently serves on the Advisory Council for Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering. She has authored dozens of papers on a variety of subjects including standardizing spacecraft/payload interfaces, conceptual small spacecraft design, infrared signature target modeling, space shuttle integration, and reentry vehicle operational risks. ## Brigitte Baumann - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, FinTech, Medical Brigitte is the Founder of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing, www.go-beyond.biz, (see video) . Go Beyond enables novice & experienced, small & large investors, to access angel investing as an asset class through its unique platform, tools, training and expert angels. Go Beyond works with individual investors, family offices, professionalgroups/associations and corporations. Go Beyond operates in Europe and the US. Its team is comprised of seasoned business angels and is the subject of a Harvard Business School case. Brigitte is a Business Angel since 2003 and has received The European Investor of the Year from EBAN in May 2015. Brigitte is President Emeritus of EBAN, the European trade association for Business Angels and Seed Funds www.eban.org Brigitte Chairs Young Presidents Organization’s www.ypo.org global Angel Investing group. ## Carina Szpilka - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Family, Children, Training Carina Szpilka earned a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid (ICADE) and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. Carina Szpilka began her professional career in the financial sector working at Banco Santander and Argentaria (now part of BBVA). In 1998 Carina Szpilka was part of the teamthat founded ING Direct in Spain, where Carina Szpilka occupied the position of CEO from 2010 to 2013, having previously occupied said position in ING Direct France from 2008 to 2010. Carina Szpilka is currently an independent director at Abanca and a member of the Advisory Board of Reparalia and of Oracle España. Since the beginning of 2014 Carina Szpilka has been vice-president of UNICEF in Spain. Carina Szpilka is also a member of the Professional Board of ESADE. In 2011 Carina Szpilka was given the "Female Executive of the Year" award by the Spanish Federation of Female Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs (Federación Española de Mujeres Directivas - FEDEPE). ## John Danner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning John Danner is an Angel Investor at Danner Capital. Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute from 2021 - to 2022. ## Manuel Sansigre - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Digital Media, Telecommunications, Information Technology Manuel Sansigre is a CFO of Penguin Random House. ## Manel Vallet - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel, Digital Media, Travel Agency Manel Vallet is the CEO of Catalonia Hotels & Resorts. ## Cristina Ventura - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software Cristina Ventura ## Axel Serena - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Events, Internet, Software Axel Serena is the Director and Investor of Alva House Capital and Alva Ventures ## Juanjo Mostazo - Type: Angel - Location: Málaga, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, B2B Juanjo Mostazo ## Felix Ruiz Hernandez - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Content, Logistics Félix Ruiz, founder of Tuenti and president of Jobandtalent. He has invested in startups Jobandtalent, Syltek, Vitcord, Fudeat, Glovo or Deporvillage. As a business angel does not follow any pattern, invest for the team. Bet on internationally scalable projects that do not depend on a single market. Personal investments are made as entertainmentwithout being involved in day to day. When it involves investors, it decides to be part of the company's operations, such as Jobandtalent. He is considered an architect and accelerator of companies, invests in the technology and restoration sectors. His two exits are Tuenti and Buytheface. ## Andreas Mihalovits - Type: Angel - Location: Marbella, Andalucia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference. ## Iñaki Arrola - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Iñaki Arrola founded coches.com as entrepreneur in 2003. He invested as BA during some years and raised two funds. Vitamina K in 2011 and in 2016 K Fund. ## Maria Victoria Hernandez Valcarcel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: B2B, SaaS, FinTech Maria Victoria Hernandez Valcarcel - Deal Leader - Investment Committee @ GoBeyond ## Ian Noel - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Pet, Education, Film Ian Noel - Angel & Growth Investor @ Lingokids ## Helena Torras - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Children Helena Torras recently co-founded Bwom to change self-care for women. Prior to that, together with the entrepreneurial team, she lead Abiquo, which She joined in 2007 as shareholder. Abiquo raised more than $28M in VC and established operations in US, UK & Spain. She has been Board Director at the Holding Company of Abiquo in USA. She hasinvested on more than 8 tech startups through Paocapital, and she is / has been Board Director or member of the advisory Board in some promising startups such as Ducksboard or Marfeel, among others. Helena mentors at Wayra, Barcelona Mentoring Program, StartupBootCamp Internet of Things & Data, Menorca Millennials, and Conector. She's board member at ESADE Alumni Entrepreneurship and Circulo Ecuestre of Barcelona, where previously she had been Young President on 2009. She also founded OneDreamClub (1DC) to help executive women to reach their professional goal and now it's merging with The Quorum Initiave (QI) (an american initivative with the same goal). She is member of the board on different initiatives that uplift the benefits of diversity (both, men & women) on boards.Prior, She got her financial experience working as auditor (KPMG), the analytic and strategic vision working as consultant and was CEO of a medical service company.Helena holds a bachelor and MBA in Esade Business School and McGill University. ## Alex Lawton - Type: Angel - Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Software Alex Lawton currently works as the Founder & CEO for BEDROCK - Humanised Intelligence. He previously worked at HERPASA as the Partner & Board Director. Alex Lawton attended the Richmond, The American International University in London. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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